girls:
637 births since 1951
#5079 (11th percentile)
boys:
6 births since 1987
#4580 (0th percentile)
overall:
643 births since 1951
#7096 (8th percentile)
The name Denelle is the #7,096 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 643 recorded births since 1951. This represents the 8.3% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 8.3% of all names). For girls, it ranks #5,079 (11.1% percentile) for all time with 637 births since 1951. For boys, it ranks #4,580 (0.1% percentile) for all time with 6 births since 1987.
Denelle first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1951 (1951 for girls and 1987 for boys). Birth data for Denelle is available in 47 out of the 60 years between 1951 and 2010 (47 years for girls and 1 years for boys). The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
The name Denelle has been given almost exclusively to girls, with 99.1% of all recorded births being female.
For girls, Denelle reached its peak popularity in 1977, achieving the 2.6% percentile (ranked #748) with 15 births per million. The name was most common in 1977, with 15 births per million (ranked 2.6% percentile). There have been no recorded female births with this name since 2010.
For boys, Denelle reached its peak popularity in 1987, achieving the 0.1% percentile (ranked #712) with 3 births per million. The name was most common in 1987, with 3 births per million (ranked 0.1% percentile). There have been no recorded male births with this name since 1987.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Denelle".
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Our model has identified 2 different pronunciations for the name Denelle. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 54.1% confident that Denelle is pronounced as duh-NEHL, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is deh-NEHL, at 45.9% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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